Master of Science in Counseling/School Counseling
Program Description
Program Requirements
Course ID |
Course Title |
|---|---|
| CNSL502 |
Graduate Portfolio I
Portfolio I is an admission readiness assessment which samples and evaluates the student's cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills in critical areas of the counselor education process. It is a six-workshop, 24-hour, noncredit assessment that helps determine student appropriateness for the program and gives the potential student the opportunity to evaluate his or her aptitude for the counseling program. Portfolio I must be passed before a student may be admitted to any graduate counseling program in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Credits: 0 |
| CNSL504 |
Lifespan and Family Development
This course presents students with theoretical frameworks to foster an understanding of the various dimensions of human development. Emphasis is placed on biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development within the context of gender, family systems, social roles, and culture. Students evaluate clinical situations and assess potential therapeutic interventions in context. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL506 |
Personality Theories and Counseling Models
This course enables students to differentiate among the primary theoretical models of personality theory and counseling practice, including psychodynamic, affective, cognitive-behavioral, and systems theory. Emphasis is on the importance of students recognizing belief systems that accurately reflect their own personal style and and to recognize strategies and approaches likely to be most successful with a particular client population. Students have opportunities to establish a strong theoretical foundation as the basis of clinical practice and to evaluate and assess clinical situations for implementation of therapeutic interventions that are gender and culturally appropriate. Credits: 3 |
| ECN522 |
Foundations of School Counseling Part I
This course introduces prospective school counselors to the history, services, settings, roles, and competencies of counselors in elementary and secondary schools in America. Pertinent laws and ethical standards will be explored. Important trends that will continue to influence school counseling programs will also be examined. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL557 |
Social and Multicultural Foundations
This course is designed to be a foundation for understanding diversity among clients in a pluralistic society. Emphasis will be on integrating awareness, knowledge, and skills related to counseling differences and similarities based on age, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliations, gender identification, sexual orientation, physical/mental limitations, social class, etc. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL516 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling
This course covers the legal and ethical responsibilities of the counseling professional. Students learn to interpret and act upon situations appropriately and effectively. Content includes issues such as client rights, confidentiality, duty to warn and protect, dual relationships, supervision and consulting, ethics with special populations, and ethical decision-making models. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL526 |
Introduction to Clinical Assessment
This course introduces students to models and tools for assessment and diagnosis for the purpose of developing competency in evaluation and treatment planning for professional counseling practice. Students learn about and practice intake assessment techniques, performing mental status examinations, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR®), outcome-based treatment planning, and behavioral analysis. Emphasis is placed on writing clear, accurate, and useful assessments and treatment plans. Multicultural and ethical issues in assessment are also explored. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL547 |
Individual Counseling
This course focuses on intensive skill building in individual counseling. The relationship between assessment, theory, application of strategy and intervention, setting goals with clients, closure, and referral are emphasized as essential to the counseling environment. Emphasis is also placed on treatment plans, ethics, and cultural diversity. Credits: 3 |
| ECN523 |
Foundations of School Counseling, Part II
This course will examine key components of comprehensive school counseling programs, including guidance curriculum, educational and career planning, responsive services, and system support. Professional development will also be considered. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL556 |
Professional Counseling Assessment Portfolio II
Professional Counseling Assessment Portfolio II helps students integrate and evaluate their learning in the Master of Counseling program at midpoint. Like an assessment center, Portfolio II provides an integrative experience requiring the student to bring together all of what he or she has learned in previous courses in the program and to demonstrate how that learning has been applied both personally and professionally. Credits: 0 |
| ECN530 |
Student Assessment and Evaluation in School Counseling
This course is designed to provide the school counselor with a foundation of knowledge in psychometric principles necessary to facilitate educational counseling decisions. Historical, ethical, and legal issues regarding assessment are examined, and common testing instruments are reviewed. Administration, scoring, and interpretation of standardized tests are described, and psychometric principles necessary for the development, interpretation, and selection of assessment instruments are presented. The purposes of assessment are considered for guidance placement, planning, and accountability in the educational counseling setting. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL592 |
Counseling Practicum
This course focuses on the assessment and continuing development of student counseling skills. Students have a variety of opportunities to receive feedback and to evaluate their ability to integrate theory into practice. Students determine their styles and strengths as professional counseling practitioners, as well as identify areas needing further development. Individualized practice sessions and feedback are designed into the course. Credits: 3 Prerequisites: CNSL556 |
| ECN545 |
Student Career Counseling
This course is a study of career counseling from theory to practical application. The focus is on clearly delineated career guidance objectives and strategies for implementing career guidance programs in schools, including the development of individual career life plans for students. The course fosters appropriate use of career counseling tools such as computer-based guidance systems, labor market information, and assessment. It provides a historical perspective of current College Tech Prep and K-12 programs. Issues related to career counseling for individuals from specific populations are also addressed. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL573 |
Critical Analysis in Research
This course is an overview of the fundamentals of research and program evaluation for counseling, family therapy, and school counseling. Topics include research methods, statistical analysis, and needs assessment. Emphasis is placed on engaging students in critical analysis of research literature. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL561 |
Group Counseling
This course provides students with intensive knowledge, awareness, and skill-building in group counseling. Content emphasizes such areas as different types of groups, group dynamics, group norms and boundaries, leadership styles, leading and co-leading, and treatment plans. Confidentiality, selection procedures, ethics, and multicultural diversity are included as key components of effective group counseling practice. Credits: 3 |
| ECN552 |
Administration of School Counseling Programs
This course examines the essential role of counselors in administering school counseling programs. This includes the processes of designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating comprehensive school counseling and guidance programs. The course emphasizes the role of the counselor as a leader and advocate in systemic change. Credits: 3 |
| CNSL597A |
Counseling Internship I
Counseling Internship is a 600-hour clinical experience required of all Master of Counseling students. Divided into 300 hour sections, each lasting 15 weeks, CNSL 597 A and B comprise Portfolio III of the counseling portfolio series. Students are placed in community counseling agencies for 20 to 32 hours per week where they provide clinical services to clients under the direction of an approved agency site supervisor. Credits: 3 Prerequisites: CNSL592 |
| CNSL597B | CNSL597B |
